Michael Patrick Thornton on ‘Waiting for Godot,’ Apple’s ‘The Savant’

One of the most iconic moments of 20th century theater isn’t two men sitting under a tree, waiting for a God that won’t come, in Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot“: It’s a long, unpunctuated speech delivered by the character Lucky that makes James Joyce’s “Finnegans Wake” look like Ernest Hemingway. In “Sunset Blvd.,” director Jamie…

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Julia Ducournau’s Somber AIDS Allegory

Palme d’Or winner Julia Ducournau showed how deftly she could employ genre and metaphor with her first two features, 2016’s cannibal-themed “Raw” and the 2021 automotive body horror “Titane.” But based on early reactions, the French filmmaker’s third feature, “Alpha,” proved an even higher concept. “Alpha” stars newcomer Mélissa Boros as the film’s titular 13-year-old protagonist, who is coming of age in a world plagued by a mysterious blood-borne virus that turns people into hardened, statue-like figures coughing up clay sand. Despite seemingly being aware of the risks, Alpha participates in needle-sharing one…

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Costume Designers Guild 2025 Awards Nominees: List

The Costume Designers Guild unveiled the nominees for the 28th CDGA (Costume Designers Guild Awards) showcasing a wide variety of work across film, TV, and short form. Among the nominees for are Oscar frontrunners “Wicked: For Good” (Paul Tazewell), “One Battle After Another” (Colleen Atwood), “Hamnet” (Malgosia Turzanska), and “Sinners” (Ruth E. Carter). In TV, heavy-hitters like “The Studio” (Kameron Lennox), “Hacks” (Kathleen…

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